Maternal weight and paediatric health use: mediating role of adverse birth outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Lisa M. Currie (Author), Hilary K. Brown (Author), Beth K. Potter (Author), Steven Hawken (Author), Doug Coyle (Author), Shi Wu Wen (Author), Mark Walker (Author), Laura Gaudet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) above or below recommendations have been associated with increased paediatric health service utilization as well as increased risk of adverse birth outcomes, including small for gestational age (SGA) a...